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Soularis

By Janja Rakuš

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST EUROPEAN INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Experimental Film)

Noise

By R. Scott MacLeay

BEST INDIE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING

Fractures In Time

By Lesley Ann Albiston

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL STORY & BEST WRITING STYLE

In Search of A P-I-G

By Keith Szarabajka

BEST ORIGINAL WEB/TV SERIES 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Web/TV Series)

Agnus Dei

By Agim Sopi

BEST INDIE PICTURE OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026 (Category: Arthouse Film)

The Label Maker

By Charlotte Webb

BEST ANIMATED INDIE SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER (Category: Animation)

Why We Create. The Art of Being Human.

By Inigo Laugermann

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST INDIE PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Short Film)

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST EUROPEAN POETRY FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE CINEMATIC VISION

Wacko

By Matthew Roch

BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER 2026, BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR, BEST HORROR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

Stalker Hair Twirl

By Faye Fayerman

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL EDITING & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental Indie Film)

The Ghost and the Gold Louis

By Jamie Sutliff

BEST INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES OF THE YEAR

The Candle Man

By Zoe Anth

BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026

Eye of the Storm

By Brooke Wolff

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR, BEST ACTOR, BEST FILMMAKER & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

Pounding Pavements

By Jeremy and Christine Stork

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SONG WRITER 2026, BEST SOUND DESIGNER, BEST INDIE SINGER & BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING SYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST ORIGINAL PILOT TV 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL FANTASY OF THE YEAR

I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATIC VISION, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ART FILM 2026

Amen-Amen-Amen: A Story of Our Times

By Tom Gallagher

BEST ARTHOUSE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2026 & BEST INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Documentary)

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SONG, BEST SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST GUITARIST 2026

Freedoms Under Assault

By Jacob Comforty & Robert Arnove 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST STORYTELLING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Doc)

Monument to Love

By Jacob Comforty

BEST CAMERA OPERATOR & BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Doc)

The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Secrets of the Forbidden City

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING

Living Myths

By Fabio Flecha

BEST ORIGINAL MOVIEMAKER OF THE YEAR

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK & BEST ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026

The Prism of Youth: Blame it on the Ghost

By Hoa Vo Thanh

BEST INDIE PICTURE, BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Heat and Love

By Michał Kucharski

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR & BEST CAMERA OPERATOR (Category: International Experimental Film)

Run, Chad Run

By Nadia Guo

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026

Ballad of the Millennial Dream

By Yuliya Levashova

BEST INDIE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST MAKE-UP

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL FANTASY OF THE YEAR & BEST EUROPEAN INDIE MOVIEMAKER

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

I Swear

By Richard VanOverbroeck

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING (Category: International Music Video) & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Writing To Gillian

By Markus McLaughlin

BEST CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Feature Script)

Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026

AMERICA BOXED IN

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST PRODUCER, BEST EDITING & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Documentary)

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST GLOBAL MUSIC VIDEO, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE SINGER 2026 & BEST SOUND (Category: International Music Video)

Tightly Bound

By David Morwick

BEST ARTHOUSE ACTOR 2026

The Pratt the Hat

By Susan Hillary

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT OF THE YEAR

Fire Flies

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY 2026

The Taste of Rain

By Larry Gene Fortin

BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: American Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST YOUNG PRODUCER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DOCUMENTARY

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DRAMA 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST STORYTELLING (Category: International Drama)

Action 8

By Maximillian Decker

BEST INDIE FILM, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER, BEST CAST & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Indie Narrative Feature)

Water

By Gary Beeber

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Indie Documentary)

Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

BEST INTERNATIONAL MANUSCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE WRITER

Snowy Christmas Holiday with You

By Darla Zuhdi

BEST AMERICAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL SINGER 2026

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST INDIE ACTING

Whispers of Love

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026 & BEST INDIE STORY

Lucky in Long Island

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL SONG WRITER 2026 & BEST SOUND DESIGNER

Virulence

By Christopher Pennington

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATION, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST STORY & BEST ARTHOUSE EDITING (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Little Match-Seller

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SOUND & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST EXPERIMENTAL EDITING

Borderline Justice

By Lynn Elliott

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Feature Script)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: EXPERIMENTAL)

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC IDEA, BEST POETRY SHORT FILM & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: Inspirational Film)

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER 2026 & BEST ART FILM

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST CAST, BEST SOUNDTACK, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

By Monte Albers de Leon

BEST AMERICAN SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST VIDEO POETRY 2026 & INTERNATIONAL ACTING

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM 2026

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST ORIGINAL HISTORICAL FILM 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST CINEMATIC VISION

Connor and Sonia

By Carla Di Bonito

BEST INDIE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Drama)

Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow

By Harold Brown

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SCREENWRITER (Category: Indie Feature Script)

My Father Moves Mountains

By Andria Litto

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER (Category: Indie Documentary) & BEST INDIE DOCUMENTARY

My Hollywood Circus

By Roger Paradiso

BEST AMERICAN WRITER (Category: Book) & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR

A Tragedy of Riches

By Tony Cointreau

BEST ORIGINAL ARTHOUSE BOOK 2026

Cycle of Life

By Miguel Raymond

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO POETRY 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Inspirational Short Film)

Cherished Viciousness

By Daniel Arreola

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR, BEST WRITING SYLE & BEST INDIE SCREENWRITER 2026

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST VISIONARY PROJECT & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT FILM

Walking With God

By Lois M. Banks

BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE FEATURE, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature)

The Riddle Pact

By Zsolt Pozsgai

BEST ARTHOUSE NARRATIVE FEATURE OF THE YEAR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST MOVIEMAKER, BEST CAST & BEST SOUNDTRACK

Ritratto temporale IV – Teresa

By Ilaria Pezone

BEST EUROPEAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Art Film)

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INDIE WRITER (Category: Drama Script)

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SOCIAL SCREENPLAY, BEST AMERICAN FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST HISTORICAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: Indie Feature Script)

Love is a Lonely Hunter

By Graciela Cassel

BEST INTERNATIONAL SUPER SHORT FILM 2026, BEST EDITOR, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Sper Short Film)

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST SOCIAL SONG, BEST SONG WRITER & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE SINGER 2026

French Broad

By Reid Barwick

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST SCREENWRITER (Category: Pilot TV)

The Revenge Club

By Marla Eaton

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Short Script), BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE & BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT OF THE YEAR

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST ORIGINAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Vertigo

By Sylvie Kay

BEST INTERNATIONAL DANCE MOVIE, BEST CHOREOGRAPHY, BESTORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Dance Movie)

Dionysos Avignon, In Flesh and Shadow

By Gerard Bouysse

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING (Category: Indie Documentary Short)

Midnite’s Journey

By Dana Silkiss

BEST INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME OF THE YEAR

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL HISTORICAL SCREENPLAY

Roses are Blind

By Wendy White

BEST AMERICAN INDIE FILMMAKER 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL THRILLER & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

Precious the baby dragon

By Dr Dawn Menge

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER, BEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK 2026 & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK 2026

Eyesolation

By Damiano Rossi

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (Category: Indie Art Film)

Faust – This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

By Peyman Majidi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCRIPT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE (Category: Indie Feature Script)

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST CINEMATIC VISION, BEST EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL EDITING  

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER 2026 & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

The Green Mill

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT OF THE YEAR & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRITER

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ACTING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Narrative Short)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY 2026, BEST INDIE DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR, BEST SOUND DESIGNER & BEST EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHER (Category: Category: Video Poetry)

S2 E 3 | Airshow Flying – Wings Over Camarillo 2025

By Tommy Anderson Sherry Severs

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB/TV SERIES OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT & BEST ARTHOUSE ANIMATION OF THE YEAR

Voyage in the Desert

By ΕΛΠΙΔΑ ΑΜΙΤΣΗ

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILM 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER & BEST INDIE SCREENPLAY

On My Special Day

By Leilani Amour Arenzana

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER & BEST EDITING (Category: Short Film)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature), BEST SOUND, BEST CAST, BEST ORIGINAL EDITOR 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST AMERICAN PRODUCTION COMPANY

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER OF THE YEAR, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST ORIGINAL ACTOR 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL VISIONARY SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT, BEST WRITER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

Sheldon Mashugana gets Stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDIAN, BEST SCRIPT (Category: International Comedy), BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY 2026

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST INDIE CINEMATOGRAPHER & BEST VISIONARY EDITING

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST ART FILM 2026

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST VIDEOPOETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIEMAKER (Category: International Experimental Film)

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT (Category: Narrative Short)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ACTING & BEST CATING DIRECTOR

The Arcangel Of Death

By Vincenzo Amoruso

BEST ORIGINAL ACTING, BEST VISIONARY ACTOR 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT FILM

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILMMAKER 2026

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR & BEST GLOBAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST POETRY SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST HISTORICAL SHORT FILM

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INDIE ACTOR, BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE SHORT & BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER

Michelangelo and Me + Da Vinci and Me opener

By Colleen Fuglaar

BEST SCREENWRITER 2026 (Category: Indie Television Script) & BEST VISIONARY SCREENWRTITER OF THE YEAR

Darker Realities

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

The Harmony Saga & Movement I – Disciple: Episode I of The Harmony Saga

By Timothy Brad Reinhold

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

I Can’t Save You

By Stephen Kelly

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE SHORT FILM 2026, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT, BEST ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER & BEST CAST (Category: Narrative Short Film)

Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INSPIRATIONAL EDITING & BEST INDIE CINEMATIC VISION (Category: VIDEO POETRY)

Tipping Point

By L. Scooter Morris

BEST ART FILM 2026, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING (Category: Arthouse Super Short Film), BEST SUPER SHORT FILM 2026 & BEST SOUND

When Cassandra Venice speaks

By Hugo Teugels

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION & BEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER

Heaven

By AnayaMusic

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SINGER OF THE YEAR & BEST EDITING (Category: Music Video)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2025, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, BEST ORIGINAL CAST, BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: Narrative Feature) & BEST SOUNDTRACK

American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCRIPT 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENWRITER (Category: Arthouse Feature Script) & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA

The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITER 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT)

Doctor Hyphoteses

By Vicentini Gomez

BEST VISIONARY FILMMAKER 2026 & BEST ORIGINAL ACTING

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST HISTORICAL SCRIPT

Pirandello’s Wife

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SCRIPT 2026

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST ORIGINAL STORYTELLING, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE MOVIEMAKER 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR

The Wedding Bouquet

By Michelle Lynn

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FEATURE SCRIPT & BEST ORIGINAL WRITING STYLE

An Ever After Drama

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT OF THE YEAR, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR 2026, BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Category: Narrative Short)

Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

BEST AMERICAN SCREENPLAY 2026

Secrets of Montmartre

By Michelle Lynn

BEST ORIGINAL SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST ARTHOUSE SONG WRITER

Out of Control

By Bellopropello

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE DIRECTOR 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM & BEST SOUND (Category: Animated Short Film)

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

BEST INDIE MOVIEMAKER, BEST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS (Category: International Drama)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 2026, BEST SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY 2026 & BEST ARTHOUSE CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Aesthetics of Failure

By Lena Mattsson

BEST POETRY FILM 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The Rorschach Test

By Lena Mattsson

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM & BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILMMAKER

Not Without Gloves

By Lena Mattsson

BEST EXPERIMENTAL INDIE FILM 2026 & BEST EDITING

Colombano e la 21esima Fetta

By Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti

BEST EUROPEAN ARTHOUSE FILM 2026, BEST ORIGINAL INDIE DIRECTOR & BEST SCREENPLAY (Category: International Narrative Feature)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero

By Akal Demir

BEST INDIE EDITOR & BEST ORIGINAL INDIE FILMMAKER

The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIE ACTOR 2026 & BEST EXPERIMENTAL DIRECTOR

The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

BEST ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VISION (Category: International Indie Short) & BEST VOICE 2026

Looking for inspiration / Poszukiwanie inspiracji

By Michał Kucharski

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM 2026, BEST INDIE FILMMAKER, BEST ORIGINAL EDITING & BEST ARTHOUSE PRODUCER

Split Focus

By Cherie Carson

BEST ORIGINAL DANCE MOVIE 2026, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST SOUND, BEST EDITING & BEST PRODUCER (Category: Dance Movie)

Phantom and Percepter

By AJ Bucci

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR, BEST SOUNDRACK & BEST CASTING DIRECTOR

Sheldon Mashugana gets stooged

By Dean Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, BEST ORIGINAL ACTING & BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: International Comedy)

Lambada The Dance Of Fate

By Kai Fischer

BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY 2026, BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENWRITER & BEST BIOGRAPHICAL SCRIPT

A nest in My Heart

By Mira Kim

BEST ORIGINAL INDIE MOVIEMAKER 2026, BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATIC VISION & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA (Category: Experimental Film)

Pretty Little Lucy

By David Williamson

BEST FEATURE SCRIPT 2026 & BEST INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL IDEA

Il tuo riparo

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST EUROPEAN SONG OF THE YEAR & BEST HUMAN RIGHTS SONG WRITER 2026

Alzati dal buio

By Don Pasquale Ferone

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE SINGER

Into LA Art Show 2

By Rick Meghiddo

BEST ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT 2026 & BEST FILMMAKER (Category: Documentary Short)

Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURE 2026, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Category: NARRATIVE FEATURE), BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST CAST (Category: Film) & BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY

Precious the baby dragon

By Dawn Menge

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK 2026, BEST ORIGINAL IDEA & BEST INDIE WRITER

Omnipotent Resolution

By Uniqueness Heiress & Azia

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL, BEST FILMMAKER, BEST COSTUME DESIGNER, BEST ARTHOUSE MUSIC VIDEO & BEST DIRECTOR (Category: MUSIC VIDEO)

Uncle Franco’s Birthday Suit

By Lynn Elliott

BEST INDIE FEATURE SCRIPT 2026

Alta California

By Lynn Elliott

BEST SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR & BEST ORIGINAL STORY

The Mongrel

By Lynn Elliott

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT 2026 & BEST WRITING STYLE (Category: Pilot TV)

Bellatrix

By Jacek Krawczyk

BEST ORIGINAL NARRATIVE SHORT 2026, BEST DIRECTOR IF THE YEAR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SCREENWRITER & BEST SOUNDTRACK (Category: International Short film)

The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY 2026, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER, BEST EDITING & BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR 

Zone

By Danilo Del Tufo

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ORIGINAL FILMMAKER & BEST ARTHOUSE SCREENPLAY SHORT 

The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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